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This is a little like saying "why do so many animals fall in love"? Homosexuality, like love, is a human abstraction and doesn't really apply to the broader ani
by marknutter 11y ago
This is a little like saying "why do so many animals fall in love"? Homosexuality, like love, is a human abstraction and doesn't really apply to the broader animal kingdom. Animals are acting more on instinct than we are, and when they pair up it's due to a survivalist instinct rather than a complicated social construct. So the answer is, there are no "gay" animals just like animals don't "fall in love". We are simply projecting our highly abstract concepts onto them.
- mfoy_ 11y agoSo you think an entire field of research is irrelevant because "they're just animals"? That's what people thought about animal suffering back in the 17th century. Descartes argued that animals didn't have consciousness, even, just base instinct.
- knughit 11y agoHow sure are you that these concepts apply to us, and aren't just us making up stories to rationalize our instincts?